Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has not he realised that the CAP is the only agricultural support system under which consumers pay a subsidy to farmers and end up paying more for their food than if they had not paid the subsidy in the first place ? |
| 2 | Has not he forgotten to mention that between 1979 and 1981 investment fell sharply and that it was lower in the third quarter of 1991 than in any other quarter — 12 per cent . |
| 3 | Does not he think it right that all such pensioners should receive compensation when they have lost so much pension due to his complacency and reprehensible laxity ? |
| 4 | Does not he think that we are a bad example to tell people to act through the United Nations when we as a Government have failed to do so ? |
| 5 | Does not he feel ashamed of that ? |
| 6 | Does not he feel that unwise comments such as those that he made do not help an already difficult situation ? |
| 7 | Why does not he tell Russia and the other former Soviet Union countries that we want them to get rid of nuclear weapons ? |
| 8 | Why does not he admit that since last year 's Budget more than 500,000 people have been added to the dole queue ? |
| 9 | In view of that , does not he owe many thousands of families in Britain a personal apology ? |
| 10 | Why does not he give freedom to the people of Scotland to move about without dipping into their pockets ? |
| 11 | But does not he realise that throughout Scotland he and his cronies are seen as a ’ wee parcel of rogues in a nation who were bought and sold for English gold ’ ? |
| 12 | Does not he realise that there is a serious danger of recreating the student ferment of 1969 ? |
| 13 | Does not he realise that , in making his announcement , he has , to some extent , signed his political death warrant ? |
| 14 | If the right hon. and learned Gentleman believes in that vital sector of our economy , why does not he take measures to increase investment ? |
| 15 | Why does not he take his head out of the sand and understand Scotland 's problems ? |
| 16 | Does not he recognise that it is a broadly based representative body in which it was open to the Conservative party to participate and that for him to call now for a debate , once its work is completed , is extraordinary ? |
| 17 | Does not he fill in every word from cover to cover ? |
| 18 | The Prime Minister wants to bribe , they want to build — why does not he listen to them ? |
| 19 | Why does not he direct more of his roads bribes money towards the provision of better buses ? |
| 20 | ‘ Since there is speculation and King Richard must surely be aware of it , why does not he let the princes be seen ? ’ she asked uneasily . |
| 21 | Does not he have some regard for them ? |
| 22 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 23 | As Leader of the House , does not he have a responsibility to the whole House ? |
| 24 | If the hon. Gentleman thinks that it is not , why does not he have the courage to stand up and say so ? |
| 25 | Does not he understand the impact that that will have on British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce ? |
| 26 | Does not he understand that it is action , not words , that the elderly , sick and disabled of Britain require of him ? |
| 27 | Why does not he address the problem seriously and put real money into solving it — or will he continue to opt out and sell out , just as the Prime Minister did for the country in Maastricht yesterday ? |
| 28 | Does not it also prove , as my hon. Friend the Member for Davyhulme ( Mr. Churchill ) said , that the Conservative Government are spending more on the health service and does not it nail the falsehoods repeatedly advanced by the Opposition ? |
| 29 | But look a little more deeply and you will see that something else has happened too ; if a number of people have gone down with the cold , does not it mean that a number of people have not gone down with the cold ? |
| 30 | Does not it mean that we are the party of hot money , not hot air ? |